broken bolt in block

[79 oshkosh 2323]

has anyone here ever broke the bolt in the block that goes to the starter tail bracket. its broke flush.did you drill or weld a nut on it.

 

[212sparky]

Lots of people seem to use left hand drill bits to drill, unscrew broken starter bolts.

 

[Dodge man]

I second using a LH drill bit. I've found that just drilling bolts with LH drill will make 80+% back out and you'd have to drill a hole anyway to use an EasyOut. LH drill bits are HARD to find but well worth the effort!

 

[TMNT]

LH drill bit for sure. Broken bolts are a pain, but LH drill bits reduce the pain a lot.

 

[steelandcanvas]

LH drill bits are not hard to find, eBay, Amazon, Northern Tool, just to name a few. Shop around, get a set with with the extractors in the same kit. Don't buy ChiCom, buy USA made stuff. Treat it right and you'll never buy another set.

 

[unaffiliated]

That bolt was broken off in mine. Someone who shall be nameless tried to get it out and broke the easy out extractor off in the hole he drilled. I took a carbide burr that cuts from the end and the sides and plunged it straight into the broken bolt and easy out with a right angle die grinder. I then tapped the hole with larger than stock threads and cut a bolt off short to fit the new hole. I did a write up about it in the 'What have you done to your CUCV' Thread http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...today-lately&p=1331570&highlight=#post1331570 Personally I hate easy outs or extractors as some people call them. If and when they break, they are impossible to drill out because of how they are made. I rarely ever use them and I have been a mechanic for 35 years.